The Search for Missing Russian Soldiers
Russian families searching for loved ones say the system for finding missing soldiers is as disorganized as Vladimir Putin’s military effort, which has been marked by dysfunction from the beginning.
In a First, US Pays Tribes to Move Away From Climate Threats
The Interior Department has selected the winners of a new competition to relocate communities vulnerable to climate change. It could become a model for the rest of the country.
Russia Sends Ill-Trained Draftees Into Combat Amid Losses, Analysts Say
Ukraine’s military and Western analysts say Russian forces are making fruitless attacks in eastern Ukraine and taking heavy losses after a hastily arranged draft added over 300,000 troops.
New US Command and $400 Million More in Aid Signal Longterm US Support for Ukraine
The Pentagon’s resolution to supplying Ukraine with weaponry and the new command are clear signals that the U.S. expects the threat from Russia to Ukraine and its neighbors to persist for years, officials said.
It takes money to end the HIV epidemic among Black women
By Alexa Spencer, Word in Black Data show the HIV epidemic affects Black women at strikingly high rates, but Black women working in public health still struggle to access funds for prevention and treatment. Closing that HIV funding gap is one of the goals of ViiV Healthcare — a pharmaceutical company that creates medicines and
Maryland residents head to polls on first day of early voting
By EMMETT GARTNER, ABBY ZIMMARDI, TIMOTHY DASHIELL AND SHANNON CLARK, Capital News Service SILVER SPRING, Md. — A light breeze and a flurry of yellow leaves followed voters as they trickled inside the Silver Spring Civic Building to cast their ballots. It was one of the many election locations Capital News Service visited on the
NWSA stands in solidarity with Iranian protestors
By Kaye Whitehead, Ph.D. and Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Ph.D. The National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA) is more than just an academic association. We are activists. We are freedom fighters. We are feminists. We are scholars. We understand that there are times when we must speak up because our silence will never protect us, and if we
To Be Equal #43: Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover Has Unleashed The Worst Of Human Nature
By Marc H. Morial, President and CEO, National Urban League “It is possible that users assumed that language use that could potentially cause a ban or suspension on the platform in the past was no longer a concern. Additionally, anticipation of an unmoderated platform was potentially a source of excitement for certain Twitter users. By
New York to pay $25 million to two men falsely convicted of killing Malcolm X
By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor In 1965, Muhammad Aziz and Khalil Islam were wrongfully convicted of killing Malcolm X and spent over 20 years behind bars after being wrongfully convicted. Even though the Feb. 21, 1965 murder of Malcolm X at the Audubon Ballroom in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan was one
Maryland counties, cities, residents provide free rides to polls
By TIMOTHY DASHIELL, Capital News Service ANNAPOLIS– With early voting scheduled to kick off in Maryland Thursday, Oct. 27, and continue through Nov 3, counties, organizations and even individuals across Maryland are mobilizing initiatives to get as many residents to the polls as they can. In some cases, they are using cars. In others, they